First Place

• Anne Fosburg, Treasure Mountain International School, Park City, UT, US Read Essay

Second Place

• Sherry Wang, East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, NJ, USA
• Patricia Wallinga, Neuqua Valley Gold Campus, Naperville, IL, US
• Henry Thompson, Homeschool, Seneca, SC, US
• Kyung Duk (Joseph) Yoon, Salisbury School, New York, NY, US
• Daniel Heuskin, Miller Place High School, Sound Beach, NY, US

Third Place

• Anastasia Hua, New Castle Chrysler High School, New Castle, IN, USA
• Adria Wiedrich, Victor High School, Farmington, NY, USA
• Sarah Cunningham, Clear Lake High School, Houston, TX, USA
• Katie Wray, Mariemont High School, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Kerianna Frederick, Towle Institute, Smyrna, DE, US
• Nicholas Zahorodny, Westfield High School, Westfield, NJ, US
• Rachel Morrison, Home School, Hudson, OH, US
• Sean Carter, Lakewood High School, Saint Petersburg, FL, US
• Timothy Byram, Forest Oak Academy, Forest, VA, US
• Nina Lu, Montgomery Blair High School, Rockville, MD, US

Finalists

• Aisha Ali, Carver Center For Arts & Tech, Owings Mills, MD, US
• Madeline Bailey, Clear Lake High School, Houston, TX, USA
• Bianca Beland, Northwestern Regional High School #7, Barkhamsted, CT, US
• Mark Botros, Terre Haute South Vigo, Terre Haute, IN, United States
• Genevieve Brei, Meripoint Academy, Williamsburg, VA, US
• Gabrielle Budziszewski, Lake Shore Senior High School, Angola, NY, USA
• Christian Callaway, Lake Mary High School, Longwood, FL, US
• Ellen Chai, White Station, Memphis, TN, US
• Alice Chen, Irvine High School, Irvine, CA, USA
• Samantha Craig, Homeschooled, Gales Ferry, CT, US
• Dalton Crump, ELK Grove High School, Elk Grove, CA, US
• Gabby Do, Lakeside High School, Evans, GA, USA
• Caitlin Effenberger, Rosary High School, Fullerton, CA, US
• Melissa Falz, Irvine High School, Irvine, CA, USA
• Katie Friedman, Germantown High School, Cordova, TN, USA
• Bradley Gleason, Parkway South Senior High, Manchester, MO, USA
• Morgan Henderson, Corvallis Highschool, Victor, MT, US
• Sam Hendley, Winter Springs High School, Winter Springs, FL, US
• JoAnna Holroyd, Victor High School, Farmington, NY, USA
• Emma Hyche, Dobyns-Bennett High School, Kingsport, TN, USA
• Natascha King, LePort Schools
• Era Ko, Irvine High School, Irvine, CA, USA
• Claire Lazar, Bergen County Academies, Fair Lawn, NJ, USA
• Anna Mayerson, Menlo-Atherton High School, Menlo Park, CA, US
• Tiffani McCormick, O’Fallon TWP High School, Belleville, IL, US
• Michael Morris, Pickerington High School Central, Pickerington, Ohio, United States
• James Pennoyer, Lakeside High School, Evans, GA, US
• Mikaela Rice, Cabell Midland High School, Milton, WV, US
• Logan Richter, Downingtown High School West, Downingtown, PA, US
• Emma Rizzo, Webster Thomas High School, Webster, NY, USA
• Kristen Schmitz, Gwynedd Mercy Academy High SCH, North Wales, PA, US
• Emily Scholl, Westhill High School, Syracuse, NY, USA
• Sakhi Shah, Nalanda International School, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
• Arjun Shah, Bow High School, Bow, NH, USA
• Catherine Shannon, Spaulding High School, Rochester, NH, US
• Elizabeth Sherwin, Menlo-Atherton High School, Menlo Park, CA, US
• Tristan Stoner, Ruben Cirillo High School, Walworth, NY, US
• Jake Tamposi, Lecanto High School, Hernando, FL, US
• Matthew Taul, Natomas Charter School, Sacramento, CA, USA
• Logan Tibbetts, Maumee Vly Country Day School, Maumee, OH, US
• Jerod Turner, Edwardsville High School, Glen Carbon, IL, USA
• Nina Wang, Brighton High School, Rochester, NY, US
• Felix Wangmang, Jasper High School, Plano, TX, US
• Angela Xu, The Davidson Academy of Nevada, Reno, NV, US
• Heejae Yang, Palisades Charter High School, Pacific Palisades, CA, USA

Semi-Finalists

• Jordan Alves-Foss, Moscow High School, Moscow, ID, USA
• Benjamin Antin, Kadima Day School, USA
• Tyler ASH, Clinton Community High School, Clinton, IL, USA
• Deanna Badger, DuBois Area High School, DuBois, PA , USA
• Autumn Ballard, Ludlow Senior High School, Ludlow, MA, US
• Danica Balsiger, Aviation High School, Burien, WA, USA
• Jenica Barrett, Three Rivers Cooperative, Deming, WA, US
• Haley Beall, Bridge City High School, Orange, TX, USA
• Suzanne Becker, Poly High School, Riverside, CA, US
• Mariana Beltran, West Aurora High School, Aurora, IL, USA
• Joey Best, Downingtown High School West, Downingtown, PA, USA
• Zachary M Bickford, Moscow High School, Moscow, ID, USA
• David Bishop, Canyon High School, Canyon, TX, US
• Anna Bjarvin, Timbercrest Junior High School, Woodinville, WA, US
• Jessica Blum, Carver Center For Arts & Tech, Baltimore, MD, US
• Griffin Bojan, Edgewood MS, Highland Park, IL, USA
• Melanie Boskovich, Brighton High School, Brighton, MI, USA
• Matthew Brendza, Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL, USA
• James Brown, Bell Co High School, Pineville, KY, US
• Gillian Butdorf, Wooster High School, Wooster, OH, USA
• Chana Camacho, Palm Beach Central High School, West Palm Beach, FL, US
• Elizabeth Carter, Clearview Regional High School, Mullica Hill, NJ, US
• Celeste Athena Cassidyne-Hook, Home-schooled, Kelowna, BC, CA
• Briana Chamberlain, Edwardsville High School, Glen Carbon, IL, USA
• Beverly Chan, Carver Center FOR Arts & Tech, Baltimore, MD, US
• Agnes Chang, Great Neck South Middle School, Great Neck, NY, US
• Erin Chapman, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ, USA
• Samuel Chen, Irvine HIgh School, Tustin, CA, USA
• MAX Cheng, Seminole High School, Heathrow, FL, USA
• Neil Chevli, C D Killough Lewisville Hgh School North, USA
• Keith Christiansen, De La Salle Collegiate High School, Sterling Heights, MI, US
• Anna Cohee, Carver Center FOR Arts & Tech, Timonium, MD, US
• Masami Cookson, Mercer Island High School, Mercer Island, WA, US
• Kathryn Dantzlerward, homeschool, Springfield, VA, USA
• Rishika Dewan, Cypress Lakes High School, Houston, TX, USA
• James Donnelly, Mariemont High School, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Phillip Dressman, Covington Latin School, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Erin Driscoll, Seminole High School, Longwood, FL, USA
• Nathan Eagan, Heritage Christian Academy, Fort Collins, CO, USA
• Adela EIN, Hammonton High School, Hammonton, NJ, USA
• Diana Ekechukwu, C D Killough Lewisville HGH School North, Lewisville, TX, USA
• Sarah Emery, Granville Middle School, Granville, OH, US
• Jacob Essig-Beatty, Greenbrier East High School, Lewisburg, WV, USA
• Morgan Evans, Judson High School, Universal City, TX, USA
• Tommy Ficcadenti, LePort Schools
• Taylor Fortman, Marion Local High School, Marie Stein, OH, USA
• Megan Fraser, Bow High School, Bow, NH, USA
• Jasmine Fu, Irvine High School, Irvine, CA, USA
• Michelle Fugate, Pickerington High School Central, Pickerington, OH, USA
• Karyn Georgilis, Mariemont High School, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Lauren Greenberg, Bergen County Academies, Tenafly, NJ, USA
• Christopher Guttormsson, Arvada Senior High School, Westminster, CO, US
• Kari Halle, Willard High School, Willard, MO, USA
• Katlynn Hallisey, Magnolia High School, Magnolia, TX, USA
• Kate Hassey, Mariemont High School, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Benji Helbein, Downingtown High School West, Glenmoore, PA, US
• Emily Hernandez, Germantown High School, Germantown, TN, USA
• Brianne Hittenbergerr, El Toro High School
• Vivian Hu, Germantown High School, Germantown, TN, USA
• Josh Hunt, Hamilton High School, USA
• Taylor Hunter, South Fort Myers High School , Bonita Springs, FL, United States
• Kevin Hwang, Athens High School, Athens, OH, US
• Lateya Jackson, Hillard Darby High School, Hilliard, OH, US
• Arvind Jegatheesan, Seminole High School, Sanford, FL, USA
• Hui Jin, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans , LA, USA
• Sydney Jones, Early High School, Early, TX, US
• Lacey Julian, Bessemer City High School, Bessemer City, NC, US
• Bret Kagebein, Bigelow High School, Perry, AR, US
• Bret Kagebein, Bigelow High School, Perry, AR, US
• Ariana Kaplan, Thomas Wootton High School, North Potomac, MD, US
• Anna Karasik, Seminole High School, Lake Mary, FL, USA
• Kelli Katzer, Aviation High School, Renton, WA, USA
• SAM Kirk, ST Vincent-ST Mary High School, Fairlawn, OH, USA
• Ryann Kitchell, Ygnacio Valley High School, Concord, CA, USA
• Rosemary Klein, ST Vincent-ST Mary High School, Akron, OH, USA
• Natalie Kosko, Granville Middle School, Granville, OH, US
• Emily Kozlowski, Brighton High School, Pinckney, MI, USA
• Nina Kvaratskhelia, Hilliard Darby High School, Hilliard, OH, US
• Gordon Kwong, Clear Lake High School, Houston, TX, USA
• Janelle LaPlante, Exeter High School, Exeter, NH, USA
• Christian Le, Irvine High School, Tustin, CA, USA
• Cameron Leach, Hillard Darby High School, Hilliard, OH, US
• Nathan Lease, Buena High School, USA
• Aeriel Lee, Riverside High School , Greer, SC, USA
• Megan Lee, White Station High School, Memphis, TN, US
• Eugene Lee, Todd Beamer High School, Federal Way, WA, US
• Lauren Leupold, Courtland High School, Fredericksburg, VA, USA
• Emilee Lewis, Germantown High School, Cordova, TN, USA
• Rachel LO, Seminole High School, Oviedo, FL, USA
• Larissa Magera, Plum Grove Junior High School, Palatine, IL, US
• Alexander Malveaux, East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, NJ, USA
• Stefani Mammenga, Heritage High School, Vancouver, WA, USA
• Brianna Mark, Germantown High School, Richfield, WI, USA
• Elyse Mark, Downingtown high school West, Downingtown, PA, USA
• Leah Markowitz, Crown Point High School, Crown Point, IN, USA
• Nathanael Marshall, SIR John A Macdonald High SCH, Upper Tantallon, NS, CA
• Derrick Marzano, Riviera Hall Lutheran School, Redondo Beach, CA, USA
• Michelle Mason, Bethpage High School, Bethpage, NY, US
• Alissa McAlpine, Timbercrest Junior High, Woodinville, WA, US
• Nicholas McCloskey, Manheim Central Middle School, Manheim, PA, US
• Kayla McDonald, North Davidson High School, Winston Salem, NC, US
• Allie Mcintosh, Moscow High School, Moscow, ID, USA
• Sarah Meginnes, Graham High School, ST Paris, OH, USA
• Vanessa Mendoza, Carter High School, Rialto, CA, USA
• Wes Mills, Beldrade High School, Belgrade, MT, USA
• Joseph Min, Lakeside High School, Seattle, WA, US
• Andrew Miner, Archie R Cole JR High School, East Greenwich, RI, US
• Marcellus Mitchell, River City Science Academy, Jacksonville, FL, US
• Julianne Mosher, Bow High School, Bow, NH, USA
• Lexa Muehlbauer, Eastern High School, Grand Rapids, MI, US
• Haley Mukensnabl, Vancouver Arts & Academics SCH, Battle Ground, WA, US
• Katie Murphy, Blessed Trinity Catholic High School, Cumming, GA, USA
• Nisha Naik, Bow High School, Bow, NH, USA
• Kevin Ngo, Benjamin Franklin High School, Gretna, LA, USA
• Hani Nguyen, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Jessica Nguyen, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Shannon O’Hara, Webster Thomas High School, Webster, NY, USA
• Alizabeth Ogdahl, Twentynine Palms High School, Twentynine Palms, CA, USA
• Taylor Pack, Skyline High School, Idaho Falls, ID, USA
• Dagney Palmer, Loudoun Co High School, Leesburg, VA, USA
• Elizabeth Palmieri, Miller Place High School, Miller Place, NY, US
• Seongjin Park, Irvine, CA, USA
• Alina Pastor-Chermak, Moscow High School, Moscow, ID, USA
• Sarah Patten, Queen Creek High School, San Tan Valley, AZ, USA
• Bret Patterson, Stillwater Junior High School, Stillwater, OK, USA
• Sarai Patterson, Desert Hills Middle School, Washington, UT, USA
• Julia Rahmann, Irvine High School, Irvine, CA, USA
• Kodiak Ravicz, Raymond Cree Middle School, Palm Desert, CA, US
• Samantha Reback, Richard Montgomery High School, Bethesda, MD, US
• Ethan Redd, Redd HS Academy, Buffalo, NY, US
• Hailey Reed, Pocatello High School, Chubbuck, ID, USA
• Patrick Reilly, Archmere Academy, Wilmington, DE, US
• Scott Remer, Beachwood High School, Beachwood, OH, US
• Timothy Riehm, Easley High School, Easley, SC, U.S.A.
• Rachel Roberie, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Janine Romy, Naperville North High School, Lisle, IL, US
• Tory Roszak, Grandview, TX, USA
• Arley Ruskin, Seminole High School, Sanford, FL, USA
• Tait Rutherford, Ft Collins HS, Ft Collins , CO, USA
• Olivia Rutledge, Riverside High School , Greer, SC, USA
• Gabriela Santos, Carver Center For Arts & Tech, Parkville, MD, US
• Ryan Schalk, Covington Latin School, Alexandria, KY, USA
• David Schmitz, Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Terre Haute, IN, USA
• Nicolette Sefanello, LePort Schools
• Krishnan Sethumadhavan, Seminole High School, Lake Mary, FL, USA
• Jake Shearer, Marysville Pilchuck High School, Marysville, WA, USA
• Angela Sheu, St Francis High School, San Jose, CA, US
• Ovini Silva, Winter Park High School, Winter Park, FL, US
• Shane Sizemore, Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Terre Haute, IN, USA
• Derek Skrzynski, Western High School, Parma, MI, US
• Kenneth Smith, Portage High School, Kalamazoo, MI, US
• Caroline Snowden, Ponte Vedra High School, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, US
• Taylor Stoming, Germantown High School, Germantown, WI, USA
• Lizzy Sult, Seminole High School, Geneva, FL, USA
• Kyle Surace, Covington Catholic High School, Morning View, KY, USA
• Kathryn Sutton, Phoenixville Area Sr High School, Phoenixville, PA, US
• Lien Tran, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Nicole Tran, Clear Lake High School, USA
• Jennifer Tu, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Eseoghene Uwhuba, Skyline High School, Mesa, AZ, US
• Emily Vandevender, Greenbrier East High School, Smoot, WV, USA
• Tony Varda, Pickerington High School North, Pickerington, OH, US
• Diamante Velez, Wiregrass Ranch High School, Lutz, FL, USA
• Maren Waldner, Riviera Hall Lutheran School, Redondo Beach, CA, USA
• Kevin Wallace, Judson High School, Universal City, TX, US
• Hanna Walton, Wy’East Middle School, Vancouver, WA, US
• David Watson, Kent-Meridian High School, Kent, WA, US
• Leighton Webre, Hahnville High School, Luling, LA, US
• Steven Weier, Kentlake High School, Black Diamond, WA, US
• Nicole Wenstrup, Brighton High School, South Lyon, MI, USA
• Micah Whitney, 21st Century Cyber Charter School, Lansdale, PA, USA
• Casey Wilson, Elk Grove High School, Elk Grove, CA, US
• thomas wintermute, Flour Bluff Junior High School, Corpus Christi, TX, US
• Stephen Xie, East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, NJ, USA
• Scott Zhou, Dobyns Bennett High School, Kingsport, TN, USA